Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) by country
Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). Imports of services are services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is...
Countries reporting
196
Highest
22.0%
Bahrain, Kingdom of
Lowest
0.2%
Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
Median
1.5%
Years covered
64
1962–2025
Data points
10,122
What the numbers show
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 22.0% in Bahrain, Kingdom of; the lowest is 0.2% in Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 2.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 100.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 708.8%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 80.9%).
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 22.0% | 2024 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China, People's Republic of | 16.1% | 2025 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 3 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 12.8% | 2025 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 9.9% | 2024 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 8.7% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 7.9% | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Finland | 7.8% | 2025 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 8 | India | 7.7% | 2025 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 9 | Korea | 7.2% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 7.1% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 7.1% | 2025 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 7.0% | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 13 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.9% | 2024 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8% | 2025 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Oman | 6.1% | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Serbia, Republic of | 5.9% | 2007 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.9% | 2025 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.6% | 2025 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 5.5% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 5.2% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 21 | Belgium | 5.0% | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 22 | Qatar | 4.9% | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Italy | 4.9% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 4.8% | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 4.7% | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 26 | Malaysia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique, Republic of | 4.5% | 2025 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Greece | 4.5% | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 4.4% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 4.4% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 31 | Tunisia | 4.3% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 4.3% | 2024 | up 202.8% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 4.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 4.0% | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Sweden | 3.9% | 2025 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 3.8% | 2018 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 37 | Vietnam | 3.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 3.7% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 39 | Canada | 3.5% | 2025 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 3.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 41 | Maldives | 3.5% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 42 | Iraq | 3.5% | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Belarus, Republic of | 3.5% | 2021 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 3.3% | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 45 | New Caledonia | 3.3% | 2015 | up 267.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Slovenia | 3.2% | 2025 | down 47.0% | flat |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 3.1% | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Cambodia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Brazil | 2.9% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 2.9% | 2021 | up 117.0% | falling |
| 51 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.9% | 2010 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 52 | Croatia, Republic of | 2.8% | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 54 | Tuvalu | 2.8% | 2008 | up 598.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Netherlands | 2.6% | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 56 | Slovak Republic | 2.5% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 57 | Portugal | 2.5% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 2.5% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 2.5% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 60 | Armenia, Republic of | 2.5% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 61 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 2.4% | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 62 | United States | 2.4% | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Hungary | 2.4% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 64 | Mexico | 2.4% | 2025 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 2.4% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 66 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 2.4% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 67 | France | 2.3% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 68 | Bhutan | 2.3% | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 2.3% | 2025 | up 30.5% | flat |
| 70 | Switzerland | 2.3% | 2025 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 2.3% | 2022 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Peru | 2.3% | 2024 | up 86.3% | falling |
| 73 | Kuwait | 2.2% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 2.2% | 2022 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 2.2% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 77 | New Zealand | 2.1% | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 78 | Lithuania | 2.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 79 | Denmark | 2.0% | 2025 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 80 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.9% | 2025 | up 167.2% | falling |
| 81 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 1.9% | 2025 | up 78.0% | falling |
| 82 | Kenya | 1.9% | 2025 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 83 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.9% | 2023 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 84 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 1.9% | 2025 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 1.9% | 2025 | up 36.6% | falling |
| 86 | Australia | 1.9% | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 87 | Colombia | 1.8% | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 88 | Lebanon | 1.8% | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Libya | 1.7% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 1.7% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 91 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 1.7% | 2019 | up 683.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Georgia | 1.6% | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Israel | 1.6% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 94 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2025 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 1.6% | 2024 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 96 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Cameroon | 1.5% | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Madagascar, Republic of | 1.5% | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Palestine | 1.5% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 100 | Uganda | 1.4% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 101 | Singapore | 1.4% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 102 | Uruguay | 1.4% | 2024 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.4% | 2013 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 104 | Rwanda | 1.3% | 2022 | up 97.4% | falling |
| 105 | Estonia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 106 | Montenegro | 1.3% | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 107 | Nigeria | 1.3% | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 1.3% | 2025 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 109 | Ghana | 1.3% | 2025 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 110 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.3% | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Albania | 1.3% | 2024 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 1.2% | 2025 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 113 | Bolivia | 1.2% | 2025 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Gambia, The | 1.2% | 2024 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Latvia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 116 | Togo | 1.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Cayman Islands | 1.2% | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 118 | Mauritius | 1.2% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 119 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 1.2% | 2013 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 120 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Ukraine | 1.1% | 2024 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 122 | Guatemala | 1.1% | 2025 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 1.1% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 124 | Burundi | 1.1% | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Yemen, Republic of | 1.1% | 2024 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Congo, Republic of | 1.1% | 2023 | up 254.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Faroe Islands | 1.1% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 128 | Malawi | 1.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 129 | Fiji, Republic of | 1.0% | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 1.0% | 1983 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Grenada | 1.0% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 1.0% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 133 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 1.0% | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 134 | Aruba | 1.0% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.0% | 2024 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 136 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.9% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 137 | Ireland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 138 | Myanmar | 0.9% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9% | 2023 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 140 | Benin | 0.9% | 2024 | up 71.9% | falling |
| 141 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.8% | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Tonga | 0.8% | 2025 | up 109.0% | falling |
| 143 | Suriname | 0.8% | 2025 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 144 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.8% | 2017 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 145 | Malta | 0.8% | 2025 | up 53.1% | falling |
| 146 | Zimbabwe | 0.8% | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Cyprus | 0.8% | 2025 | up 60.1% | falling |
| 148 | Niger | 0.8% | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8% | 2018 | up 708.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 0.8% | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 151 | Barbados | 0.8% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 152 | Cabo Verde | 0.7% | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Liberia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 154 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.7% | 2025 | down 63.4% | rising |
| 155 | St. Lucia | 0.7% | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 156 | Sudan | 0.7% | 2018 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2025 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 158 | Botswana | 0.7% | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahamas, The | 0.7% | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 0.7% | 2024 | up 62.4% | falling |
| 161 | Seychelles | 0.7% | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Gabon | 0.7% | 2023 | up 96.0% | falling |
| 163 | Angola | 0.6% | 2025 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Haiti | 0.6% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 165 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6% | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Chad | 0.6% | 1995 | — | falling |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Panama | 0.6% | 2025 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 169 | Belize | 0.6% | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 170 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 0.6% | 2023 | down 53.3% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Andorra, Principality of | 0.6% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 0.5% | 2011 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5% | 2012 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 175 | Dominica | 0.5% | 2023 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0.5% | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 178 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 0.5% | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Mali | 0.4% | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Somalia | 0.4% | 1982 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Palau, Republic of | 0.4% | 2018 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Greenland | 0.4% | 2018 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0.4% | 2021 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0.4% | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 0.4% | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4% | 1978 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 187 | Bermuda | 0.4% | 2025 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 188 | Comoros, Union of the | 0.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Jamaica | 0.3% | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 0.3% | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2018 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 193 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 194 | Guinea | 0.3% | 2016 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.3% | 2025 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 196 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 0.2% | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 12.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 10.4%
- Upper middle income 9.6%
- Middle income 9.0%
- Low & middle income 9.0%
- IBRD only 8.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 8.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 8.5%
- South Asia 7.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 7.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 6.0%
- Lower middle income 5.9%
- World 5.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 4.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 4.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.5%
- Caribbean Small States 4.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 4.3%
- Euro area 3.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 3.7%
- OECD members 3.6%
- European Union 3.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 3.5%
- High income 3.5%
- Arab World 3.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 3.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 3.0%
- North America 2.6%
- Small states 2.5%
- IDA blend 2.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.0%
- Other small states 2.0%
About this data
Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). Imports of services are services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.